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《最后的决战》 第六章 夜袭成功

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CHAPTER SIX A GOOD NIGHT’S WORK

ABOUT four hours later Tirian flung himself into one of the bunks to snatch a little sleep. The two children were already snoring:he had made them go to bed before he did because they would have to be up most of the night and he knew that at their age they couldn’t do without sleep. Also,he had tired them out. First he had given Jill some practice in archery and found that,though not up to Narnian standards,she was really not too bad. Indeed she had succeeded in shooting a rabbit (not a Talking rabbit, of course:there are lots of the ordinary kind about in Western Narnia) and it was already skinned,cleaned,and hanging up. He had found that both the children knew all about this chilly and smelly job; they had learned that kind of thing on their great journey through Giant-Land in the days of Prince Rilian. Then he had tried to teach Eustace how to use his sword and shield. Eustace had learned quite a lot about sword fighting on his earlier adventures but that had been all with a straight Narnian sword. He had never handled a curved Calormene scimitar and that made it hard,for many of the strokes are quite different and some of the habits he had learned with the long sword had now to be unlearned again. But Tirian found that he had a good eye and was very quick on his feet. He was surprised at the strength of both children:in fact they both seemed to be already much stronger and bigger and more grown-up than they had been when he first met them a few hours ago. It is one of the effects which Narnian air often has on visitors from our world.
All three of them agreed that the very first thing they must do was to go back to Stable Hill and try to rescue Jewel the Unicorn. After that,if they succeeded,they would try to get away Eastward and meet the little army which Roonwit the Centaur would be bringing from Cair Paravel.
An experienced warrior and huntsman like Tirian can always wake up at the time he wants. So he gave himself till nine o’clock that night and then put all worries out of his head and fell asleep at once. It seemed only a moment later when he woke but he knew by the light and the very feel of things that he had timed his sleep exactly. He got up,put on his helmet-and-turban (he had slept in his mail shirt),and then shook the other two till they woke up. They looked,to tell the truth,very grey and dismal as they climbed out of their bunks and there was a good deal of yawning.
“Now,”said Tirian,“we go due North from here-by good fortune ‘tis a starry night-and it will be much shorter than our journey this morning,for then we went round-about but now we shall go straight. If we are challenged,then do you two hold your peace and I will do my best to talk like a curst,cruel,proud lord of Calormen. If I draw my sword then thou,Eustace,must do likewise and let Jill leap behind us and stand with an arrow on the string. But if I cry ‘Home’,then fly for the Tower both of you. And let none try to fight on-not even one stroke after I have given the retreat:such false valour has spoiled many notable plans in the wars. And now,friends,in the name of Aslan let us go forward.”
Out they went into the cold night. All the great Northern stars were burning above the tree-tops. The North-Star of that world is called the Spear-Head:it is brighter than our Pole Star.
For a time they could go straight towards the Spear-Head but presently they came to a dense thicket so that they had to go out of their course to get round it. And after that-for they were still overshadowed by branches-it was hard to pick up their bearings. It was Jill who set them right again:she had been an excellent Guide in England. And of course she knew her Narnian stars perfectly, having travelled so much in the wild Northern Lands,and could work out the direction from other stars even when the Spear-Head was hidden. As soon as Tirian saw that she was the best pathfinder of the three of them he put her in front. And then he was astonished to find how silently and almost invisibly she glided on before them.
“By the Mane!”he whispered to Eustace.“This girl is a wondrous wood-maid. If she had Dryad’s blood in her she could scarce do it better.”
“She’s so small,that’s what helps,”whispered Eustace. But Jill from in front said:“S-s-s-h,less noise.”
All round them the wood was very quiet. Indeed it was far too quiet. On an ordinary Narnia night there ought to have been noises-an occasional cheery“Goodnight”from a Hedgehog,the cry of an Owl overhead,perhaps a flute in the distance to tell of Fauns dancing,or some throbbing,hammering noises from Dwarfs underground. All that was silenced:gloom and fear reigned over Narnia.
After a time they began to go steeply uphill and the trees grew further apart. Tirian could dimly make out the wellknown hill-top and the stable. Jill was now going with more and more caution: she kept on making signs to the others with her hand to do the same. Then she stopped dead still and Tirian saw her gradually sink down into the grass and disappear without a sound. A moment later she rose again,put her mouth close to Tirian’s ear,and said in the lowest possible whisper,“Get down. Thee better.”She said thee for see not because she had a lisp but because she knew that the hissing letter S is the part of a whisper most likely to be overheard. Tirian at once lay down,almost as silently as Jill,but not quite, for he was heavier and older. And once they were down,he saw how from that position you could see the edge of the hill sharp against the star-strewn sky. Two black shapes rose against it: one was the stable,and the other,a few feet in front of it,was a Calormene sentry. He was keeping very ill watch:not walking or even standing but sitting with his spear over his shoulder and his chin on his chest.“Well done,”said Tirian to Jill. She had shown him exactly what he needed to know.
They got up and Tirian now took the lead. Very slowly,hardly daring to breathe,they made their way up to a little clump of trees which was not more than forty feet away from the sentinel.
“Wait here till I come again,”he whispered to the other two.“If I miscarry,fly.”Then he sauntered out boldly in full view of the enemy. The man started when he saw him and was just going to jump to his feet:he was afraid Tirian might be one of his own officers and that he would get into trouble for sitting down. But before he could get up Tirian had dropped on one knee beside him,saying:
“Art thou a warrior of the Tisroc’s,may he live for ever ? It cheers my heart to meet thee among all these beasts and devils of Narnians. Give me thy hand,friend.”
Before he well knew what was happening the Calormene sentry found his right hand seized in a mighty grip. Next instant someone was kneeling on his legs and a dagger was pressed against his neck.
“One noise and thou art dead,”said Tirian in his ear.“Tell me where the Unicorn is and thou shalt live.”
“B-behind the stable,O My Master,”stammered the unfortunate man.
“Good. Rise up and lead me to him.”
As the man got up the point of the dagger never left his neck. It only travelled round (cold and rather ticklish) as Tirian got behind him and settled it at a convenient place under his ear. Trembling he went round to the back of the stable.
Though it was dark Tirian could see the white shape of Jewel at once.
“Hush!”he said.“No,do not neigh. Yes,Jewel,it is I. How have they tied thee ?”
“Hobbled by all four legs and tied with a bridle to a ring in the stable wall,”came Jewel’s voice.
“Stand here,sentry,with your back to the wall. So. Now, Jewel:set the point of your horn against this Calormene’s breast.”
“With a good will,Sire,”said Jewel.
“If he moves,rive him to the heart.”Then in a few seconds Tirian cut the ropes. With the remains of them he bound the sentry hand and foot. Finally he made him open his mouth,stuffed it full of grass and tied him up from scalp to chin so that he could make no noise,lowered the man into a sitting position and set him against the wall.
“I have done thee some discourtesy,soldier,”said Tirian.“But such was my need. If we meet again I may happen to do thee a better turn. Now,Jewel,let us go softly.”
He put his left arm round the beast’s neck and bent and kissed its nose and both had great joy. They went back as quietly as possible to the place where he had left the children. It was darker in there under the trees and he nearly ran into Eustace before he saw him.
“All’s well,”whispered Tirian.“A good night’s work. Now for home.”
They turned and had gone a few paces when Eustace said, “Where are you,Pole ? ”There was no answer.“Is Jill on the other side of you,Sire ? ”he asked.
“What ?”said Tirian.“Is she not on the other side of your”
It was a terrible moment. They dared not shout but they whispered her name in the loudest whisper they could manage. There was no reply.
“Did she go from you while I was away ?”asked Tirian.
“I didn’t see or hear her go,”said Eustace.“But she could have gone without my knowing. She can be as quiet as a cat; you’ve seen for yourself.”
At that moment a far off drum beat was heard. Jewel moved his ears forward.“Dwarfs,”he said.
“And treacherous Dwarfs,enemies,as likely as not,”muttered Tirian.
“And here comes something on hoofs,much nearer,”said Jewel.
The two humans and the Unicorn stood dead still. There were now so many different things to worry about that they didn’t know what to do. The noise of hoofs came steadily nearer. And then, quite close to them,a voice whispered:
“Hallo! Are you all there ?”
Thank heaven,it was Jill’s.
“Where the devil have you been to ?”said Eustace in a furious whisper,for he had been very frightened.
“In the stable,”gasped Jill,but it was the sort of gasp you give when you’re struggling with suppressed laughter.
“Oh,”growled Eustace,“you think it funny,do you ? Well all I can say is-”
“Have you got Jewel,Sire ?”asked Jill.
“Yes. Here he is. What is that beast with you ?”
“That’s him,”said Jill.“But let’s be off home before anyone wakes up.”And again there came little explosions of laughter.
The others obeyed at once for they had already lingered long enough in that dangerous place and the Dwarf drums seemed to have come a little nearer. It was only after they had been walking Southward for several minutes that Eustace said:
“Got him ? What do you mean ?”
“The false Aslan,”said Jill.
“What ?”said Tirian.“Where have you been ? What have you done ?”
“Well,Sire,”said Jill. “As soon as I saw that you’d got the sentry out of the way I thought hadn’t I better have a look inside the stable and see what really is there ? So I crawled along. It was as easy as anything to draw the bolt.Of course it was pitch black inside and smelled like any other stable. Then I struck a light and-would you believe it ?-there was nothing at all there but this old donkey with a bundle of lion-skin tied on to his back. So I drew my knife and told him he’d have to come along with me. As a matter of fact I needn’t have threatened him with the knife at all. He was very fed up with the stable and quite ready to come-weren’t you, Puzzle dear ?”
“Great Scott!”said Eustace.“Well I’m-jiggered. I was jolly angry with you a moment ago,and I still think it was mean of you to sneak off without the rest of us:but I must admit-well,I mean to say-well it was a perfectly gorgeous thing to do. If she was a boy she’d have to be knighted,wouldn’t she,Sire ?”
“If she was a boy,”said Tirian,“she’d be whipped for disobeying orders.”And in the dark no one could see whether he said this with a frown or a smile. Next minute there was a sound of rasping metal.
“What are you doing,Sire ?”asked Jewel sharply.
“Drawing my sword to smite off the head of the accursed Ass,”said Tirian in a terrible voice.“Stand clear,girl.”
“Oh don’t,please don’t,”said Jill.“Really,you mustn’t. It wasn’t his fault. It was all the Ape. He didn’t know any better. And he’ svery sorry. he’s a nice Donkey. His name’s Puzzle. And I’ve got my arms round his neck.”
“Jill,”said Tirian,“you are the bravest and most woodwise of all my subjects,but also the most malapert and disobedient. Well:let the Ass live. What have you to say for yourself,Ass ?”
“Me,Sire ?”came the Donkey’s voice.“I’m sure I’m very sorry if I’ve done wrong. The Ape said Aslan wanted me to dress up like that. And I thought he’d know. I’m not clever like him. I only did what I was told. It wasn’t any fun for me living in that stable. I don’t even know what’s been going on outside. He never let me out except for a minute or two at night. Some days they forgot to give me any water too.”
“Sire,”said Jewel.“Those Dwarfs are coming nearer and nearer. Do we want to meet them ?”
Tirian thought for a moment and then suddenly gave a great laugh out loud. Then he spoke,not this time in a whisper.“By the Lion,”he said,“I am growing slow witted! Meet them ?Certainly we will meet them. We will meet anyone now. We have this Ass to show them. Let them see the thing they have feared and bowed to. We can show them the truth of the Ape’s vile plot. His secret’s out. The tide’s turned. Tomorrow we shall hang that Ape on the highest tree in Narnia. No more whispering and skulking and disguises. Where are these honest Dwarfs ?We have good news for them.”
When you have been whispering for hours the mere sound of anyone talking out loud has a wonderfully stirring effect. The whole party began talking and laughing:even Puzzle lifted up his head and gave a grand Haw-hee-haw-hee-hee; a thing the Ape hadn’t allowed him to do for days. Then they set off in the direction of the drumming. It grew steadily louder and soon they could see torchlight as well. They came out on one of those rough roads (we should hardly call them roads at all in England) which ran through Lantern Waste. And there,marching sturdily along,were about thirty Dwarfs,all with their little spades and mattocks over their shoulders. Two armed Calormenes led the column and two more brought up the rear.
“Stay!”thundered Tirian as he stepped out on the road.“Stay, soldiers. Whither do you lead these Narnian Dwarfs and by whose orders ?”

第六章 夜袭成功

四个小时以后,蒂里安才能和衣倒在一张床上小憩一会儿,这时两个孩子早已经开始打呼噜了。孩子们上床的时间比他的早一些, 因为他知道处在这种年龄的孩子,必须要多睡会,而后恐怕在大部分的夜晚,他们都没法睡觉了,况且他们也实在太疲惫了。稍早些的时候,他让姬尔尝试着搭弓射箭,虽然还没有达到纳尼亚的标准, 不过总体说来也不算太坏。事实上,她真有射中一只野兔(当然是那种普通的不会说话的兔子,在纳尼亚西部,有许多这种普通的兔子)。现在它已经被剥皮洗净,晾起来了。他注意到两个孩子似乎挺会干这活儿。事实上,他们在瑞利安王子时期,在巨人废城那次冒险中就已经学会做这个了。
接着他还教了一会尤斯塔斯,告诉他如何使用卡乐门弯刀和盾牌。在先前的冒险中,尤斯塔斯学过不少剑术,但是他更习惯用笔直的纳尼亚剑。弯刀的砍伐和长剑的刺法完全不同,他不得不重新学习。在蒂里安看来,他的眼神锐利、脚步轻便。同时,他对孩子们充沛的体力也颇感讶异。与几个钟头刚见到他们的时候相比,他们似乎变得更加高大、健壮和成熟。事实的确如此,从咱们世界去到纳尼亚的人,在那里的特殊空气的影响下,是会发生这种奇特转变的。
经过讨论,三个人决定先回到无尾猿那里,救出独角兽珍宝。成功之后,他们将从东边突围,与人马龙威特从凯尔帕拉维尔调来的小部队汇合。
像蒂里安这样经验丰富的战士、猎人,总能在合适的时间醒来。就像现在他暗自决定要睡到九点,醒来的时候,虽然感觉自己似乎刚睡着,但他还是从外界的光线判断,现在确实已经九点了。起床后他戴上头盔,缠上头巾(他穿着锁子甲睡觉),再把两个孩子摇醒。实话实说,孩子们爬起来的时候,不仅脸色分外苍白,而且精神萎靡哈欠连连。
“现在,”蒂里安说,“我们要出发往北方走,很幸运,外面繁星满天,这条路线跟我们早上走过的相比要短得多,这次我们笔直前行,不需要绕来绕去。如果遇到敌人,你们千万要沉住气,别吱声。我会尽我所能去扮演一个残忍自大爱吵架的卡乐门王爷。一旦我拔刀,尤斯塔斯,你也要拔出刀来,姬尔你要跳到我们身后,搭起弓箭。如果我喊‘回家’,你们最好迅速飞奔回堡垒。只要听到我的撤退命令, 谁也不要顽抗,一下都不行,在这次对抗中,这种愚勇只会破坏我们既定的作战计划。现在,朋友们,以阿斯兰之名,让我们出发吧。”
于是他们进入了凄寒的黑夜。北方所有美丽的星星在树顶上空闪烁。这个世界的北斗星,矛尖,比我们所能见到的还要明亮得多。
刚开始,他们可以朝着矛尖星的方向挺进,可是不久他们遭遇了一片浓密的树林,以至于他们不得不绕道而行。此后很长一段路, 由于被大树遮盖,定位变得有些困难。多亏了姬尔,才帮助他们回到了正确的方向。在英国的时候她就是一名出色的向导,再加上她还跑过纳尼亚北方荒野的许多地方,早就学会了辨识纳尼亚的星星,甚至当矛尖星隐没时,她也完全能够凭别的星星断定方向。蒂里安一发现这一点,就立刻让她在前面领路,之后,他更讶异地发现,她的行进竟然如此低调隐蔽,简直称得上悄无声息。
“天啊!”他低声对尤斯塔斯说道,“她可真是个神奇的森林姑娘,就算她身上有树精的血统,也不可能做得更好呢。”
“她个头小,这也是个优势。”尤斯塔斯低声道。但姬尔在前边喊着:“嘘,嘘,声音轻点儿。”
周围的树木一直保持这安静,甚至于有点静得过了头。平常纳尼亚的夜晚,是肯定有些声响的——刺猬偶尔的“晚安”声,树上猫头鹰的号叫声,羊怪们跳舞时伴奏的笛音,亦或地底下小矮人们制造的震动和打击声。然而这里确实是完全寂静的,空气中充满了幽暗和恐惧的气息。
过了一会儿,他们开始爬坡,树木变得稀疏多了。蒂里安能隐隐看见那人人皆知的山顶和马厩。姬尔越来越谨慎:她不断打着各种手势,提醒他们小心。突然她停住了有那么一会儿连一下都没动, 蒂里安见她慢慢地低身探入草丛中,悄无声息消失不见了。一会儿, 她重新站起来,凑到蒂里安的耳旁,尽可能压低声音说道:“趴下, 看。”她的话如此简短,就怕说多了会被敌人听见。
蒂里安赶紧静静地趴下,几乎做得和姬尔一样好,虽然多少还有些声响。毕竟他年纪不小了,身体还如此庞大沉重。这样一来,蒂里安看到了漫天繁星的背景下鲜明的小山边缘,那里出现了两个黑影,一个就是马厩,另一个则是站在马厩前方约有几英尺处值夜的卡乐门哨兵。他的守卫实在相当差劲,既不站岗,也没有巡视,只会扛着长矛干坐在那儿,现在连下巴也靠在胸膛上(估计睡着了)。“做得好。”蒂里安夸赞道。她让他看到的正是他们需要知道的。

于是,他们悄悄站起来,由蒂里安带领着慢慢向前移动,脚步很轻,走得很慢,连呼吸声都没有,慢慢走到了一丛小树前,离岗哨只有不到四十英尺。
“在这儿等着,”他低声对两个孩子说,“我要是失败了,就赶快逃跑。”接着他稳了稳神,大大方方地走了出去,叫敌人清楚地看到他。岗哨一见到他,简直惊得差点没跳起来,他一定是某位长官, 再这么坐下去肯定会给他惹麻烦的。不过他还没来得及起身,蒂里安就已经在他身边单脚下跪,说道:“您是蒂斯罗克的战士吗?在纳尼亚的动物和魔鬼群中能遇见你,真是令人开心啊。握个手吧,朋友。”
这位卡乐门岗哨还没搞清楚状况呢,就已经被人制服了。他的右手被一双强有力的大手紧紧抓住,另外一个人死死压住他的双腿, 还有一把匕首正架在他脖子上呢。
“你敢叫就没命了,”蒂里安在他的耳边警告说,“告诉我独角兽在哪儿,就饶你一命。”
“在……在马厩背后,哦,我的神啊。”这不幸的男人结结巴巴地回答。
“好。站起来,把我带到那儿去。”
岗哨站起来的时候,匕首的刀尖一直架在他的脖子上,即便是蒂里安走动的时候,匕首也只是仅仅围着他的脖子来回转圈而已(冰凉还又令人痒痒)最后在他耳朵下一个方便的地方停住了。哨兵浑身颤抖着绕到了马厩的背后。
虽然天色昏暗,蒂里安却立刻看到了珍宝的白色躯体。
“嘘!”他说,“不,不要嘶鸣。是的,珍宝,是我呀。他们怎么绑住你的?”
“他们拴住了我的腿,把我绑在马厩里一个大铁环上。”珍宝的声音传来。
“来,哨兵,背靠着墙,对,就这样站着。现在,珍宝,用你尖锐的角,对着卡乐门人的胸膛顶去吧。”
“非常乐意,陛下。”珍宝说。
“他敢动一动,你就捅破他的心脏。”蒂里安说话间迅速割断了绳索,并绑住了哨兵的手脚,用青草把他的嘴巴塞得严严实实,让他什么声音也发不出来。最后他们才把他压倒,变成背靠围墙的坐姿。
“我对您不太礼貌,战士,”蒂里安说道,“我是迫不得已的。如果有机会再见,我一定会好好款待你的。现在,珍宝,我们必须悄悄离开了。”
他伸出左臂紧紧搂住独角兽的脖子,低下身子亲吻它的鼻头, 他俩都高兴极了。两位尽其所能偷偷回到了孩子们的位置上去。那里非常暗,以至于他们回去的时候,差点撞到尤斯塔斯。
“一切顺利,”蒂里安低语道,“夜袭成功,该撤退回家了。”
他们转身离去,可还没走出几步,尤斯塔斯突然说,“姬尔, 你在哪呢?”没有回应。“姬尔没跟你在一起吗,陛下?”他问。
“什么?”蒂里安惊道,“难道她不是和你在一块儿吗?”
这可实在是个糟糕的时刻。他们都尽自己的所能,偷偷地、却又尽可能响亮地呼唤姬尔,但仍然久久没有回应。
“我刚才过去的时候,她还在吗?”蒂里安问。
“我完全没有注意到这一点,”尤斯塔斯说,“她完全可以悄无声息地走掉,而不被我发觉。她的行动就像猫儿一样,完全不发出任何声音来,这一点您是知道的。”
此时,远处突然传来阵阵擂鼓声。珍宝凑前一探道,“是小矮人。”
“小矮人都是背信弃义的,他们说不定是敌人。”蒂里安咕哝着。
“马蹄声近了,相当近。”珍宝又说。
两人跟独角兽一起只能傻站在那里,动也不能动,惊慌失措地担心着各种可能。马蹄声渐行渐近,很快就靠近了他们,这时有个轻轻的声音传来:“哈喽!大家都在吗?”
谢天谢地,这是姬尔。
“你到底去哪儿了?”尤斯塔斯恼怒地低声喊道,他刚才还在为她惊慌难过呢。
“我去马厩了。”姬尔喘着粗气,似乎在抑制自己的笑声。
“哦,”尤斯塔斯嘀咕道,“你真觉得好笑是吗?我只想说……”
“救出珍宝了吗,陛下?”姬尔问。
“是的。它就在这里。那你骑着的又是什么?”
“就是它啊,”姬尔说,“现在,趁没人发现,我们还是赶紧回家去吧。”说完,她又忍不住低声笑了起来。
其他的人立刻开始行动往南方撤退,这里如此危险,而他们已经待得太久了,另外小矮人们的擂鼓声也好像更近了。他们刚走没几分钟,尤斯塔斯突然问道:“你刚才说就是它?那是什么意思?”
“假的阿斯兰。”姬尔说道。
“什么?”蒂里安惊道,“你到那里去了?干了些什么?”
“是这样的,陛下,”姬尔说,“自从你把守卫引开之后,我就想不如到马厩里面去瞧瞧,看看里面到底藏着什么秘密。所以我偷偷爬过去,轻而易举拉开了马厩的门闩。里面漆黑一片,味道和任何马厩没什么区别。接着我打着了火,看到了……难以置信,里边什么也没有,只有这只老驴,身上披着一张狮子皮。于是我拔出刀,命令他跟我一起走。事实上,它早就已经烦透了,完全不用逼迫,也心甘情愿地跟我走。是不是啊,亲爱的迷惑?”
“真了不起!”尤斯塔斯说道,“我……哎呀,可真该死。刚刚还对你发了顿脾气呢,虽然我仍然觉得你不该这么偷偷溜走,但我又不得不承认……哦,我想说……你干得漂亮。她要是个男孩,一定能被封为骑士的,对吗,陛下?”
“如果她是的话,”蒂里安接道,“会挨鞭子的,谁让她不听从命令呢。”黑暗之中谁也看不见他的表情,也不知他是说真的还是开玩笑。可是话音刚落,一阵金属的摩擦声骤然响起。
“干吗呢您,陛下?”独角兽警觉地问道。
“我正拔出剑来,砍掉这该死的驴脑袋,”蒂里安凶狠万分地说道,“小姑娘快让开。”
“哦,千万不要,请你不要杀死它,”姬尔叫道,“真的,你不能杀它。一切都是那只无尾猿的主意,不是他的错。他早先并没有想到这个,现在他是十分后悔的。他叫迷惑,本性不坏,算是头老实的好驴子,我正搂着他的脖子呢。”
“姬尔,”蒂里安无奈,“你是我的国民中最勇敢、最聪明却又最鲁莽,而且最不听从命令的人。算了,就暂且饶了这驴子吧,你有什么要说的吗,驴子?”
“我吗,陛下?”驴子的声音传来,“我是很懊悔的,如果我的行为真召来了什么恶果的话。无尾猿告诉我,是阿斯兰要我这样打扮的。我没有他那么聪明,我以为他说的都是真的,我一向如此, 做他让我做的一切。整天待在马厩里,我早就觉得无聊了。我甚至都不知道外面到底发生了些什么。除了晚上能出去那么一两分钟之外, 他从不让我离开马厩。有段时间,他们甚至都忘了给我端水。”
“陛下,”珍宝说,“小矮人们正在靠近,要跟他们碰面吗?”
蒂里安想了想,突然大声笑道:“狮王在上,”他说,“我真是反应迟钝!和他们碰面?当然。现在我们要和所有人见面,让我们这头驴子给他们看,让他们看看到底他们正在害怕什么,又在对谁那样卑躬屈膝,让我们拆穿无尾猿那邪恶的阴谋,把它的秘密暴露于光天化日之下。青天已经回来了,明天无尾猿就会被倒挂在纳尼亚最高的那棵大树上。我们再也用不着这样偷偷摸摸、低声下气,也用不着乔装打扮。那些诚实的小矮人在哪儿?让我们现在就去告诉他们这天大的好消息。”
经过几个小时的低语后,到恢复正常响亮的音量说话时,总能增添一种振奋人心的力量。大伙儿不禁说说笑笑起来,就连迷惑也抬起头,响亮地喊道:“哈……唏……哈……唏……唏!”很早的时候, 无尾猿就已经禁止他这样大叫了。接着,他们立刻循着鼓点的方向找去。很快他们就看见前面出现了许多火炬,还有好几条高低不平的贯通灯柱野林的小路(在英国,我们并不把它们称作路),他们选了一条走了过去。
迈着大步迎面走来的,是一小批小矮人,大约三十名,每个人都扛着小铁锹和鹤嘴锄。他们被四个全副武装的卡乐门人两个在前, 两个在后地押着。
“站住!”蒂里安站在路中央,大吼一声,“站住,士兵们, 你们要把这些纳尼亚小矮人带到哪儿去?是谁的命令?”


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